# Stories of New York

Author: Trumbull, Annie Eliot, 1857-1949; Hibbard, George A. (George Abiah), 1858-1928; Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954; Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937; Wood, John Seymour, 1853-1934; Day, Francis, 1863-1942 [Illustrator]; Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74866

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Stories+of+New+York+Trumbull&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_E._ I am sure one might ask anyone to an afternoon tea, even if anyone were one’s old lover; and I am sure one might come to anyone’s afternoon tea, even if anyone were one’s quondam sweetheart. From both Harold’s stand-point and mine, it seems to me perfectly safe. Certainly the vainest man could not believe that a woman wished to rake up the leaves of a dead past because she sent him an At-home from four to six card, for a day when she is to be at home for two hundred people besides. If it were an evening party, now—in summer with the lawn, or in winter with a conservatory—or if there is not a conservatory there are always stairs; and it’s daily more and more the fashion to build them...

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stories-of-new-york-74866/chapters/7/index.md)